Join us at 3:00 pm Thursday, January 24 for our California Employment & Compensation Update in our new Los Angeles office. A range of topics will be covered during our program which will begin with a panel discussion addressing emerging trends in advancing corporate Diversity & Inclusion goals, followed by your choice of updates on California employment law issues or on global share plan developments. After the program, we invite everyone to join for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at Javier’s Century City.

Click here to view the full invitation for more details, including a description of the panel discussion and choice of updates. Click here to register.

2018 has been a year of box office hits for California employers, but the critics remain skeptical.

On December 13th, join Baker McKenzie at the Westin SFO in Millbrae from 9 AM to 12 PM for our annual employment law update as we review the employment winners in 2018 and share our predictions for the year ahead.

With our director and producers keeping us on track, our cast and crew will cover topics including:

National and CA wage and hour updates and trends

California’s hot-off-the-press #metoo legislation

New CA requirements for female board members

Clarifying California’s salary history ban

Living and litigating in the gig economy for multi-state employers

Immigration changes affecting California employers

And much more!

We will also go “on location” and share a few international trends.

Join Us and Win!

The concession stands are open! Join us for a chance to win movie night themed prizes and more. Click here to view the full invite for more details on time, location and our cast and crew, and click here to RSVP.

In our Global Employer Monthly eAlert, we capture recent employment law developments from across the globe to help you keep up with the ever-changing employment law landscape around the globe.

In this month’s issue, we share updates from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald

After two years of blogging to our friends in the Lone Star state, we are excited to announce that we are embracing the opportunity for new beginnings this fall. We are turning over a new leaf and expanding our blog to reach all US employers, including those managing operations outside of the US.

The new Employer Report provides legal updates and practical insights about the latest labor and employment issues affecting US multinationals, at both the domestic AND global level.

The original site will be redirected, so no action necessary on your part (other than to spread the word!). The Employer Report will be updated regularly by our US Employment and Compensation lawyers with insights covering a wide range of labor and employment topics, including wage and hour updates, new compliance obligations outside the US, trends concerning the gender pay gap, and much more!

We appreciate your continued support and hope you enjoy the Employer Report.

Leave accommodations can be a complicated issue for a company’s human resources and legal teams. The EEOC, however, recently issued guidance discussing leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The guidance serves as a good reference on the EEOC’s stance on several complex accommodation issues, and clarifies the EEOC’s views on equal access to leave, granting additional unpaid leave as an accommodation, and maximum leave policies. In light of the recent guidance, now is a good time to review your company policies. Continue Reading Are Your Leave Policies Sufficient? EEOC Issues Guidance on Leave as an ADA Accommodation

This morning’s announcement that the British public have voted in favor of a so-called “Brexit,” has the potential to be one of the most significant events in recent British history. The precise implications of Brexit will depend upon exactly how the UK’s future relationship with the EU will be structured. We have put together an updated briefing to help businesses with operations in the UK understand how employment law might be affected by the Brexit, identifying the various types of relationships with the EU which the UK may adopt in place of full membership. A copy of the briefing can be found here.

We would like to ensure our readers are aware of a blog published by our Canadian colleagues: “Canadian Labour and Employment Law.” If your organization has operations anywhere in Canada, we expect you will find this blog to be informative and practical. Click here to see for yourself.

ABOUT US

The Employer Report provides legal updates and practical insights about the latest labor and employment issues affecting US multinationals, at both the domestic and global level.

With approximately 700 lawyers globally, Baker McKenzie’s Employment & Compensation group is the largest in the world and the only one to be ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global in 2018.

ABOUT BAKER & MCKENZIE

Founded in 1949, Baker McKenzie advises many of the world’s most dynamic and successful business organizations through more than 4,100 locally qualified lawyers and 6,000 professional staff in 77 offices in 47 countries. The Firm is known for its global perspective, deep understanding of the local language and culture of business, uncompromising commitment to excellence, and world-class fluency in its client service. For more information: www.bakermckenzie.com